American archaeologist
David Freidel (born 1946)[1] is a U.S. archaeologist who studies the ancient Maya. He is known for his research at El Perú-Waka’ and his books with epigrapher Linda Schele. He is currently a professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
He received his B.A. from Harvard University with a senior honors thesis "Comparative analysis of the Mesolithic and prepottery Neolithic cultures of Palestine"[2] and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976 for a thesis "Late postclassic settlement patterns on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico "[3]
He is the author of (partial bibliography):
- Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. ISBN (present in 684 WorldCat libraries )[4]
- Spanish translation: Freidel, David A., MacDuff Everton, Justin Kerr, Joy Parker, and Linda Schele. El cosmos maya: tres mil años por la senda de los chamanes. México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000. ISBN 9789681656164
- Freidel, David, and Barbara Macleod (2000). "Creation Redux: new thoughts on Maya cosmology from epigraphy, iconography, and archaeology". PARI Journal 1(2):1–8, 18.
- Freidel, David A., and Marilyn A. Masson. Ancient Maya Political Economies. Walnut Creek, Calif: AltaMira Press, 2002., ISBN 9780759100817 ( present in 295 WorldCat libraries )[5]
- Freidel, David A., and Robin A. Robertson. Archaeology at Cerros, Belize, Central America. (3 v.) Dallas, Tex: Southern Methodist University Press, 1986. ISBN 9780870743078
- Freidel, David A., Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and Jerry Murdock. Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands. University Press of Florida 2018. <https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054353.001.0001>.
- Freidel, David A., and Jeremy A. Sabloff. Cozumel: Late Maya Settlement Patterns. Orlando: Academic, 1984. 9780122669804
- Freidel, David A. and Linda Schele. Forest of Kings – the Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. HarperCollins 1992. 9780688112042
References
- ^ "34548395". VIAF. Archived from the original on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Comparative analysis of the Mesolithic and prepottery Neolithic cultures of Palestine". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Late postclassic settlement patterns on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Maya Cosmos : Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Ancient Maya political economies". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
